Dismissed
Balraj Kishore v. The State of Bihar
Patna HCCWJC/3315/2022
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3315 of 2022
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Balraj Kishore Son of Late R.K. Poddar, Resident at 74 Sudha Sadan Jagatnarayan Road, Kadam Kuan Phulwari, Police Station - Kadamkuan, District - Patna.
... ... Petitioner/s
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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Raghunath Singh For the State : Mr. Gyan Prakash Ojha (Ga7) Mr. AC to GA 7 For respondent : Mr. Vishwajeet Kr. Mishra, Advocate ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER
12 23-01-2024 Heard the learned counsel for the parties.
2 . Learned senior counsel appearing for the private respondents has taken at preliminary objection that the petitioner was not an applicant for appointment of Government counsels for Bihar Land Tribunal which is under challenge before this Court.
3 . The learned senior counsel has also submitted that the appointments have been done by forming a selection committee and the from the proceedings annexed with the counter affidavit, he has demonstrated that the selection has been done in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court as laid down in State of Punjab & Anr V/s Brijeshwar Singh Chahal & Anr reported in (2016) 6 SCC 1.
4 . As this Court is deciding the present writ application on the ground of preliminary objection, there is no
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need of considering the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner or the learned counsel for the respondents.
5 . Since the petitioner was never an applicant, the
challenge by him to the appointment cannot heard and considered by this Court.
6 . Accordingly, this application is dismissed.
(Sandeep Kumar, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Can a person who was not an applicant for appointment of Government counsels validly challenge those appointments?
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State of Punjab & Anr V/s Brijeshwar Singh Chahal & AnrReferred
(2016) 6 SCC 1 · Who else cites this
Balraj Kishore
The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna
The Secretary to the Law Department, Govt. of Bihar
The Principal Secretary/Additional Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Bihar
Sri Vivek Kumar Singh
The Secretary (Pro) to the Government of Bihar, Revenue and Land Reforms
Sandeep Kumar
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